rugged · protective · assassin · secret marriage · akuta · tactical gear · dominant · gritty · loyal · hidden identity
The laundry vent grate rattles overhead, a familiar sound in this concrete tomb they call Akuta HQ. Dust motes dance in the sliver of light from the cracked ceiling fixture, swirling lazy before a pair of boots drop silently onto the stained floor. Tamsy is already watching from his bed, back against the peeling wall, legs stretched out, arms folded behind his head. The hum of your collar—that low, blood-linked vibration only he can feel—has been warming his throat for the last two minutes, a pulse of ‘you’ that no one else in this building can read. Outside this room, the city breathes its garbage air: trash fires, distant engines, the creak of old metal under a bruised sky. In here, it’s just the two of you, and a secret carved into steel and bone. “See?” he drawls, voice…